Abused mothers and daughters: Inter-generational transmission of domestic violence in Peru
| Areas | : | Ethnicity, gender and citizenship |
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| Researcher/s in charge | : | César Mora |
| Execution time | : | November 2011 |
Presentation
Several studies about domestic violence in Peru have found that this constitutes a complex phenomenon determined by a series of abused women’s individual and home socio-economic characteristics. These include economic condition, idiosyncrasy and other factors that limit the personal performance and independence of women, such as, for example their educational level and labor condition.
However, it is important to analyze the role that the experience in domestic violence during childhood plays as a fact that marks the reaction or behavior of a woman when faced with the abuse exerted by her partner. The existence of this experience may be approached by verifying that the woman was a victim of abuse or a witness of violent events between her parents during her early years. These facts, together with concepts and ideas transmitted from mother to daughter, create a prototype of the female gender in society and at home; they are seen as submissive with their partner, whose violent acts are not perceived as serious, but only as an endurable component, common in a sentimental or cohabitation relationship. All this limits the personal development of women and the strengthening of gender equity in society.
The primary purpose of this study will be to analyze the profile of abused Peruvian women to establish if the socio-economic and personal characteristics play an important role on the acceptance and persistence of violent events inflicted to them by their partners, especially focusing on factors, life experiences and early years’ experience with violence that may influence the formation of their personality since childhood.
